If someone is tearful, their face or voice shows signs that they have been crying or that they want to cry.
例句
She became very tearful when pressed to talk about it.她被逼談論此事時開始淚如雨下。...a tearful farewell.含淚道別
英漢詞典釋義
adv.
淚汪汪地;流淚地
She asks him tearfully how he can expect her to remain on at Thornfield under the circumstances.她兩眼含淚，問他怎能指望她在這樣的情形下繼續留在桑菲爾德。While sitting in a coffee shop, we overheard a woman tearfully tell her husband that she was sorry that her work had been so consuming.有一次我們坐在一個咖啡廳里，無意中聽到一名婦女正流著淚對她的丈夫說，她的工作總是那么地耗精費神，這使她很歉疚。
英英詞典釋義
Adverb
1. with tears; in a tearful manner;
"the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"